Text Box
Description
The default is 25.
Timeout (seconds)
To specify how long to try a connection before timing out, enter an integer
value. It is used to establish the time in seconds when trying to connect to the
email server before a time-out occurs.
The default is 30 seconds.
TLS
Select this option if the mail server uses a secure connection such as Transport
Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
Username
Enter a user name for the email server.
Password
Enter a password for accessing the email server.
From
Enter a return email address. It is used to specify the return email address for
the email notification template; for example,
.
Email Subject
Enter a subject for the email template. It is used to define the subject of the
email notification template; for example,
<hostname> - <level> <name>
.
Enter information for the body of the template that describes the event, when
it occurred, and the severity.
5.
Click
Send Test Email
and review the results.
6.
After you are satisfied with the results of the tests, click
OK
.
Configuring repetition reduction
To configure repetition reduction:
1.
From the Core, click the
Configuration
tab.
2.
From the
Manage
option, click
Events
.
3.
From the
Repetition Reduction
area, click
Change
.
The Repetition Reduction dialog box appears.
4.
Select
Enable Repetition Reduction
.
5.
In the
Store events for X minutes
text box, enter the number of minutes to store the events for
repetition reduction.
6.
Click
OK
.
Configuring event retention
To configure event retention:
1.
From the Core, click the
Configuration
tab.
2.
From the
Manage
option, click
Events
.
3.
Under
Database Connection Settings
, click
change
.
The
Database Connection Settings
dialog box appears.
4.
In the
Retain event and job history for
text box, enter the number of days that you want to retain
information about events.
For example, you could select 30 days (default).
61
